The first aircraft to cross the Atlantic... The famous carrier pigeon Cher Ami...
Item # 712348
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NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 1919 The banner headline announces the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean: "NC-4 WINS FIRST OCEAN FLIGHT FOR AMERICA; 9 3/4 HOURS FROM PONTA DELGADA TO LISBON; HAWKER'S PLANE PICKED UP BY AMERICAN SHIP" with subheads and a related map of the route.
Pages 2 and 3 have much more on the historic flight including several photos of the plane and the commander, A. C. Read.
This event was very significant at the time being the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic, an excursion that took 19 days. But was overshadowed just a few weeks later when Alcock & Brown made the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight, and then of course the first non-stop solo flight by Lindbergh 8 years later.
Also of interest is a page 14 article on the heroics of carrier pigeon Cher Ami, headed: "Lost Battalion Pigeon - About the Bird That Brought the Message Through".
The complete first section of 16 pages, archival strengthening at the blank spine, minimal margin wear, generally good condition.
Pages 2 and 3 have much more on the historic flight including several photos of the plane and the commander, A. C. Read.
This event was very significant at the time being the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic, an excursion that took 19 days. But was overshadowed just a few weeks later when Alcock & Brown made the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight, and then of course the first non-stop solo flight by Lindbergh 8 years later.
Also of interest is a page 14 article on the heroics of carrier pigeon Cher Ami, headed: "Lost Battalion Pigeon - About the Bird That Brought the Message Through".
The complete first section of 16 pages, archival strengthening at the blank spine, minimal margin wear, generally good condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #367 - released for June, 2026
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$98.00
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.